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Player of the Day
Last Saturday I played Rugby.
I play for Melville and we played Varsity. I got 7 tries and player of the Day. My position is wing. For player of the day I got a ribbon, then we went to the club rooms at 5.00 and I waited for my name to be called out and they told me to come up and get my hoodie. It has Melville and Player of the Day on it.
By SteMat
[via email]
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On Saturday I went to the Hamilton gardens.
In the Victorian gardens we went to catch tadpoles. We got lots of them in fact we got so many the pond was nearly empty of its tadpoles.
In the jungle part of the glass house building we saw 3 pitcher plants, one was yellow, one was green, and one was red. In the desert part of the glass house building we saw some BIG cactus.
In the lake we saw the koi carp fish jumping out of the water, they catch mosquitos. A swallow was catching mossies too. We saw the live turtle that was lucky, but one of the only things we didn’t see was the eel.It was a great day becauseyou don’t see the turtle or the koi carp fish jumping out of the water every day.
I found out that some of the car parks used to be net ball courts.
by EllLog
[originally posted on our wiki]
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It doesn’t seem long ago since Room 9 did this last year, but I just checked and our class blog has had 29, 169 visits. It took 3 years to reach 20,000 and just 6 months to reach nearly 30,000 visits.
On April 4, 2009...
We have about 100 visitors every day from all over the world, but that won’t be enough for us to reach 30, 000 before we finish school on Thursday afternoon.
It looks like we’ll have to celebrate our 30, 000 milestone after the holidays. Well done to everyone who has published their writing, artwork, photos or movies. Special thanks to the Room Niners, parents and family who have commented on blog posts and an extra special thank you to all the people in New Zealand and around the world who have visited and commented.
Cupcakes all round next term! [shall we make them and bake them ourselves?]
Mr F.
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by MatSav and GatMic
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We all got a letter
On Monday we got a letter from Richie McCaw.
It asks us if we wanted to play for the Small Blacks. We all said yes!
We play for Melville. We play Rugby – it’s just what we do.
by SteMat, NatKan and ???
[image altered and "name" withheld at parental request]
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A Stick Insect
This morning my dad found a stick insect on our door.
He picked it up and put it in an old ice cream container with gladwrap on top. He poked holes in the gladwrap with a fork.
I brought it to school and showed just about everybody in the school. At morning tea Mr F took a photo of it. I didn’t eat any morning tea because i was too busy with the stick insect.
A boy in another clasroom whacked the insect with his pink hat. After that it has a broken leg.
After the bell went for the end of morning tea I stuck the stick insect on the tree outside Room 8.
I wonder if he’s still there? He is! We just went for a look and he has climbed higher up the tree.
by PedHun
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Sue the T-Rex
On Saturday, in Auckland, I had two choices. Number one was to go to the museum. Number two was to go to the star dome thing.
I chose the museum and it was really cool. I saw a green moray eel and a moa. I saw the dinosaur bones from the T-Rex named Sue. I found out that the female T-Rex on Walking with Dinosaurs was Sue. I also found out that the Auckland Zoo once had a male elephant.
I saw a species of Salmon in the Weird and Wonderful and in the Wild Child we saw a stuffed stoat or a ferret.
The next day was sunny in Auckland so I decided to go to the park. When I was going out I saw a weta in the hole of the gate. When I was on the bridge I saw fish in the stream. I rushed to get my net. I rushed down to catch one. I kept on missing, but at the end, when I saw one under the weed, I caught one.
Later on we went to the pet store to get a pet. I saw some snake head turtles and some blue tongue lizards and a white goggley eyed fish and a bearded dragon and a litte puppy labrador. Kelly decided to get a Siamese cat. It meowed a lot in the car. It was very shy. When I last saw it she was in a corner.
I would have liked to have got a snake head turtle.
Illustrated and written by EllLog
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On Sunday I went to the cricket at Steele Park.
It was the Chiefs vs a celebrity team. We lost, but after the game me, my brother and my cousin got autographs from the Chiefs. I got the whole lot except the assistant coach and Sosene Anesi.
by SteMat
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Hot Water Beach
This is me, my brother and my sister in the hot water at Hot Water Beach on
Waitangi Weekend.
We had to dig a hole with a spade so that the water would come up through
the sand, we could only do this 2 hours each side of low tide.
Our water hole was the hottest, I thought it was awesome.
by SteMat
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These are my rhythm sticks that my Uncle Aaron brought me from Christchurch.
They are very difficult to learn. I am getting better.
by KorLea
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Kingfisher
Kingfisher is a diving bird.
A Kingfisher has blue feathers and a black beak and a white body.
Some kingfishers live in New Zealand.
The Kingfisher dives in the water to get a fish. They lay eggs and the kingfisher babies grow big. Then they fly away.
I like them because of their colourful wings.
Illustrated by LatJos and PedMax. Written by LatJos
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Hello new Room Niners. Only 3 weeks of holiday left – make sure you enjoy them. I suppose you’ve all been away to the beach and if you haven’t you’ll be off somewhere soon. I’ve just got back from Napier where I’d been camping with my family for a week.
We had a look around the town at all the buildings that were rebuilt after the 1931 earthquake. Later we went for a walk by the sea and a drive up to a viewpoint on Bluff Hill that overlooks the port.
Napier Port from the top of Bluff Hill
The next day we went to The National Aquarium of New Zealand – Te Whare Tangaroa o Aotearoa. There were heaps of things to see, sharks, stingrays, piranha, a crocodile, eels, a 3 metre long giant squid (dead) and lots of others. I made a video to show you some of the things we saw. How many animals can you name in the video?
Now I’m starting to get ready for school, the new term and a new class. What have you been doing? E-mail me at glenview9@gmail.com and let me know.
Mr.F
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A Kea
Keas are the heaviest parrot in the world.
Keas are green and have orange underneath their wings.
Keas live in the mountains and mostly live in the South Island.
Keas hunt for animals.
Keas scratch their head feathers.
Illustrated and written by GorCar
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We have a pack of building straws in Room 9. Last Wednesday I came back from morning tea to find this-
Tower of Straws
The only thing that stopped them going higher was they ran out of straws! I wonder how high they could go?
Mr F.
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We made some bird models. Even though we call them papier mache -they’re not really.
Bird Models on Flickr
You need -
plenty of newspaper
some wide brown parcel tape or masking tape
kitchen towels
pva glue
card/cardboard
other bits and pieces (for feet, beak, legs)
hot glue gun
(a hairdryer is useful too)
Scrunch up the newspaper into the rough shape of the bird’s body. Tape it together with the sticky tape.
Scrunch up newspaper into head shape and tape up.
Connect the head and body with tape.
Cut out wings (open or closed) and tail from card and tape on.
Cover the whole thing with strips of kitchen towel (about 5cm x 2cm) glued on with PVA,
When it’s all dry (use the hairdryer to help if you’re in a hurry) you can add the beak, feet, eyes and other details with a hot (ouch) glue gun. We made them out of wire, drinking straws, dressmaking pins, bamboo skewers, plastic plates, old pens and anything else we thought looked good.
Carefully paint your bird with its main colours. We found it best to mix paint on the bird. Finally paint the beak, feet, eyes and any other details you think need adding. Let it (hair)dry.
Finished!
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